Improved well-auger



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J. Y. `-GrOjODlLOF WATER VALLEY, AMISSISSIPPI..

Letters Patent No. 97,501, dated December 7, 1869.

IMPROVED WELIPAUGER.

The Schedule vreferred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it mwy concern:

Be it known that I, J. Y. GOODE, of Water Valley, in the county ofYalobusha, and State of Mississippi,

have invented a new and useful vImprovement in Well- V ings, formingpart of this specification.

,The object of'V this invention is to provide certain improvementsinwell-boring angers, calculated to make them work more easily, and tofacilitate the withdrawal of them from the holes, as required from timeto time, without increasing the resistance of atmospheric pressure, dueto the vacuum commonly produced below. Figure 1 represents an elevationof my improve auger, partlyvin section, and A Figure 2 represents a planof the bottom.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

I make the shaft A cfa hollow tube, and the spiral flanges Bof thinlmetal, preferably steel, and in sections, and secure them to the shaftby brazing or other similar means. Y

f At the lower or boring-end I secure a cross-bar, C,

and vconnect thereto two spiral and pointed lips D, securing them bybolts or rivets, so that they may be readily removed when broken orworn.

These angers commonly have only one 11p, which gives a lateral pressure,and the auger is not sureto work straight.

Thelower end ofthe shaft A is provided with a valve-seat, as shown at E,anda valve, F, is fitted thereto, and connected to a rod, Gr, whichextends the whole length ofthe tube, projecting into the yoke H, at thetop.

Here` a long nut, I, with a slot in the top, is screwed on, for theconnection of the projection K ofthe working-rod L, by a transverse key,M.

Above the key M, a suitable distance, the workingrod is provided with acollar, N, which rests on the top of the yoke when boring, but, whenraising out the anger, the rods L and G will be drawn up vuntil the keystrikes the under side of the top of the yoke.

Nh'en the collar N rests on the yoke, the valve F is pressed down uponits seat, preventing the entrance of anything into the tube from below,so that `when the auger is to be withdrawn, and the valve raised fromits seat bythe act of withdrawal, the air will ow freely through thetube to the space below, and prevent the suction due tothe vacuum whichwould otherwise be caused.

The sectional arrangement of the spirals tends to make Ithe auger workmore easily, as the lower end of each section acts as a bit to' chop theearth and prevent it from `packing between the flange, as is common whenthe same" is-c'ontinuous.

Having thus described my invention,

'What' Ie'steem to be of my invention, and desire to protect by LettersPatent, are the following imp'rovments upon well-angers, viz:

l. A rod,'G, attached to the actuating-stock at one end, extendingthrough the tube, and provided, near its extremity, with a globe orvalve, F, all as and for the vpurposespec-iiied.

2. The combination of the yoke H, Tong' nut I, (slottcd'at the top,)projection K, key M, and shoulder N, to regulate the exclusion oradmission of air to the space below the auger, all as shown anddescribed.

J. Y. GOODE. lVit-nesses:

W. O. WATsos, Mosns FoLTz.

